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It is best to know the worst at once.
It is best to know the worst at once.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
In the house of a Fidler, all fiddle.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
Thou will scare be a man before thy mother.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
The Jewes spend at Easter, the Moors at marriages, the Christians
in sutes.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
You must endure what is painful to secure that which is
profitable.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
Life's cares are comforts; such by heaven design'd
He that has none, must make them or be wretched.
The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
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The mighty pyramids of stone
That wedge-like cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, and better known,
Are but gigantic flights of stairs.
